By Johnathan Paoli
National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader Fadiel Adams will remain under police custody until next Wednesday after the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court postponed his bail application to allow the state time to prepare its opposition to his release.
Presiding over the Pinetown Magistrate’s court on Thursday, Magistrate Wendalynn Robinson ruled that further evidence needed to be investigated before the court could properly consider bail.
“I would be failing in my duty if I did not inquire into certain of those aspects but without hearing the full evidence by the State and the full evidence of the applicant it would not be in the interest of justice for me to enquire as to those things at this stage,” Robinson said.
Adams was arrested at his residence in the Parliamentary Village in Cape Town on Tuesday and transported to KZN to face two
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